2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

The 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season was the sixth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season began at Circuito de Jerez on 28 April and ended on 30 September at MotorLand Aragón after 15 races. The races, contested by the riders on equal KTM 125cc machinery for the last season before switching to the 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes for 2013,^[1] were held at eight meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.

German rider Florian Alt won the championship, securing the title with a third place in the first Aragon race.^[2]

Calendar[edit]

2012 calendar^[3]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
1	28 April	Jerez	Marcos Ramírez	Diego Pérez	Florian Alt
1	29 April	Jerez	Marcos Ramírez	Joe Roberts	Lorenzo Baldassarri
2	5 May	Estoril	Ivo Lopes	Kyle Ryde	Scott Deroue
2	6 May	Estoril	Ivo Lopes	Karel Hanika	Scott Deroue
3	16 June	Silverstone	Karel Hanika	Stefano Manzi	Florian Alt
3	17 June	Silverstone	Karel Hanika	Scott Deroue	Philipp Öttl
4	29 June	Assen	Karel Hanika	Marcos Ramírez	Florian Alt
4	30 June	Assen	Karel Hanika	Livio Loi	Florian Alt
5	7 July	Sachsenring	Nicolò Castellini	Scott Deroue	Scott Deroue
5	8 July	Sachsenring	Nicolò Castellini	Hafiq Azmi	Lukas Trautmann
6	25 August	Brno	Karel Hanika	Karel Hanika	Karel Hanika
6	26 August	Brno	Karel Hanika	Livio Loi	Livio Loi
7	15 September	Misano	Bradley Ray	Philipp Öttl	Karel Hanika
8	29 September	Aragon	Karel Hanika	Livio Loi	Lukas Trautmann
8	30 September	Aragon	Karel Hanika	Jorge Martín	Karel Hanika

Entry list[edit]

2012 entry list^[3]
No.	Rider	Rounds
3	Diego Pérez	All
5	Philipp Öttl	All
7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	All
8	Hafiq Azmi	All
11	Livio Loi	All
18	Aarón España	All
19	Tarran Mackenzie	3–8
21	Filippo Scalbi	All
24	Marcos Ramírez	All
25	Willi Albert	1–6
27	Joe Roberts	All
28	Bradley Ray	All
29	Stefano Manzi	All
34	Jordan Weaving	All
46	Yui Watanabe	All
47	Nicolò Castellini	All
50	Lukas Trautmann	All
66	Florian Alt	All
75	Ivo Lopes	All
77	Kyle Ryde	All
88	Jorge Martín	1–6, 8
94	Simon Danilo	1–6
95	Scott Deroue	All
98	Karel Hanika	All

Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.^[4]	Rider	JER		EST		SIL		ASS		SAC		BRN		MIS	ARA		Pts
1	Florian Alt	1	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	1	1	5	4	3	4	5	3	2	233
2	Scott Deroue	10	Ret	1	1	5	2	5	7	1	3	9	Ret	4	Ret	7	177
3	Karel Hanika	Ret	16	3	3	10	3	6	Ret	3	9	1	16	1	5	1	162
4	Philipp Öttl	6	4	8	2	4	1	2	3	7	Ret	10	DNS	8	NC	5	159
5	Lukas Trautmann	11	9	11	8	9	18	Ret	20	4	1	5	5	2	1	3	153
6	Marcos Ramírez	2	6	7	Ret	14	9	8	2	6	5	4	12	10	2	4	153
7	Bradley Ray	Ret	5	5	19	2	6	7	5	20	10	7	7	9	4	9	123
8	Lorenzo Baldassarri	8	1	14	10	12	7	Ret	11	11	Ret	8	6	7	Ret	6	101
9	Joe Roberts	7	Ret	9	5	11	12	4	12	13	11	11	2	12	8	13	101
10	Ivo Lopes	5	2	4	Ret	Ret	5	3	8	15	6	20	8	Ret	Ret	15	99
11	Livio Loi	13	8	20	11	DNS	17	22	10	12	7	2	1	3	Ret	NC	96
12	Jorge Martín	Ret	12	12	6	6	11	10	6	19	8	6	Ret		7	10	82
13	Stefano Manzi	15	17	19	12	Ret	Ret	9	14	9	2	22	3	Ret	6	8	75
14	Diego Pérez	3	3	16	18	8	15	14	18	18	13	12	10	6	11	Ret	71
15	Kyle Ryde	4	Ret	6	4	3	8	12	Ret	14	Ret	17	Ret	17	12	16	70
16	Hafiq Azmi	14	7	10	7	17	13	11	Ret	8	17	14	9	11	9	Ret	63
17	Aarón España	9	Ret	13	9	7	16	18	15	10	12	18	13	13	14	17	45
18	Willi Albert	12	Ret	17	15	15	21	16	9	2	18	13	Ret				36
19	Simon Danilo	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	19	13	4	22	Ret	Ret	DNS				22
20	Jordan Weaving	Ret	11	15	16	18	10	19	19	21	14	19	14	16	Ret	11	21
21	Nicolò Castellini	Ret	10	18	13	DNS	14	17	13	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	14	15	18	17
22	Yui Watanabe	Ret	15	21	14	DNS	DNS	21	Ret	17	19	15	11	18	13	12	16
23	Tarran Mackenzie					19	20	20	16	Ret	15	21	15	15	10	14	11
24	Filippo Scalbi	16	14	22	17	16	22	15	17	16	16	Ret	17	19	Ret	19	3
Pos.	Rider	JER		EST		SIL		ASS		SAC		BRN		MIS	ARA		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

References[edit]

^ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Future Champions Wanted". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ "Alt wins Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2012". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "FIM Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – 2012 calendar & Entry list" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ "Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón – Rookies Cup Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

External links[edit]

[1] "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Future Champions Wanted". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

[2] "Alt wins Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2012". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

[FIM-3] "FIM Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – 2012 calendar & Entry list" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[4] "Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón – Rookies Cup Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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